Measuring the architectural complexity of military systems-of-systems

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Domerçant, Jean Charles ^a   Mavris, Dimitri N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY MEASURES; INFORMED DECISION; SUPPRESSION OF ENEMY AIR DEFENSE; SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE; SYSTEMS-OF-SYSTEMS;

ARCHITECTURE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79955777032     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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